Re: psql's \h MOVE - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: psql's \h MOVE
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Msg-id 26889.1301763188@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to psql's \h MOVE  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
Responses Re: psql's \h MOVE  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> I just noticed that \h MOVE is particularly unhelpful:
>     alvherre=# \h move
>     Command:     MOVE
>     Description: position a cursor
>     Syntax:
>     MOVE [ direction { FROM | IN } ] cursorname

> The problem is that it doesn't specify what "direction" is.  The doc
> text tells you to look into FETCH for details, but in \h you have to
> guess.

> We could fix this by including a note about fetch in the <synopsis>,
> so that it'd look like this:

>     alvherre=# \h move
>     Command:     MOVE
>     Description: position a cursor
>     Syntax:
>     MOVE [ direction [ FROM | IN ] ] cursor_name

>     See FETCH for details on direction

-1 ... if this annoys you, just duplicate the definition of direction
from FETCH.

            regards, tom lane

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